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C. E. ALLSHOUSB.

BINDING IMPLEMENT.

No. 599,486. Patented Peb. 22, 189s.

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CLARENCE E. ALLSIIOUSE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BINDING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,486, dated February 22, 1898.

Application led May l0, 1897. Serial No. 635,897, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. ALLS- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Binding Implements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of binding implements for use more particularly in binding together neatly and expeditiously loose papers without perforating or materially marring them, the binding medium being a metal clip adapted to be clamped by bending it with the implement upon the edges of the sheets, or upon their folds if they be folded, whereby the papers are not only firmly bound together, but may be readily unbound by slipping off the binding-clips.

My present invention is intended to afford an improvement upon the binding implement having the same characteristic function and for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 563,542 were granted to me on the 7th day of July, 1896, the improvement consisting in providing a materially-simplified and more durable construction of the implement.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows my improved implement by a view in sectional side elevation, the section being taken at the llin'e l on Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the rack partly lowered to bring a clip into position to be bent; Fig. 3, a similar view, but broken, showing the clip undergoing the binding operation to be clamped upon the edge of sheets presented edgewise to it to be bound; Fig. 4l, a section taken at the line 4 on Fig. l and viewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 5, a section taken at the line 5 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig. (i, a broken perspective View of the rack, showing its lower end; Fig. 7, a similar view of the follower-jaw, showing its upper side; Fig. 8, a similar view of a clip; Fig. 9, a similar view of the clip-holder and its contents; and Fig. 10, a cross-section at the line 10 on Fig. 5 viewed in the direction of the arrow and taken through the recess for containing the rack and showing the shoulders in the front edges of the recess.

A is a case shown as of general rectangular form and as supported in vertical position on a suitable base B through the medium of a web B. In the front side of the case or that which faces the operator is formed a vertical recess r, shown as rectangular in cross-section and provided with shoulders or offsets q, extending lengthwise along its forward edges. Below the lower end of the recess r is an anvil C, which may be cast with the base and on which is resiliently supported by a spring p a follower-jaw D, carried by an arm o, fulcrumed at its rear end to one side of the web B. The follower-jaw normally affords a bottom to the recess r and is provided on its upper face with a transverse groove n, coincident with the shoulders q, and with a depression m, extending backward from the groove. In the case is j ournaled a pinion F, which may be mutilated, as shown, and which carries on its journal, which projects beyond one (a removable) side of the case, the operating-handle E. The teeth of the pinion coincide with and project into the recess o', in which they engage with the teeth of a rack F', iitting and reciprocally coniined in the recess to eX- tend beyond the shoulders q, iiush with the face of the case, which is partly covered by a plate Z, fastened to it and serving to confine the rack in place. On'its lower end the rack should be notched or grooved, as shown at o in Fig. 6, near its front side coincidently with the groove n in the follower-jaw, and should be slightly concaved, as shown at t, to correspond with the depression m in the follower- Jaw.

I'I is the feed-chute, shown as of rectangular form in cross-section externally and also internally to conform to the shape of and afford a close iit to the clips K, hereinafter described. The chute is fastened, preferably in the inclined position shown, through ears 7c, provided at its inner end, to the face of the case A below the covering-plate Z and coincides at its mouth or discharge end with the recess r, and its internal diameter should correspond with the width of space between the shoulders q. Vtithin the chute is confined a follower i', controlled by a spring 7L' on a rod 7L, extending from the follower through a longitudinal slot i" in a side of the chute and confined with the spring, to compress the latter by pulling IOO out the rod to withdraw the follower t', in an opening g, formed in a side of the case. The topf of the chute, which is removable, has a web f rising from it, provided upon its rear edge with a back f2, through which it is fastened on screws e and e2, introduced in proper position into the face of the case, either or both of these screws being by preference, as shown, thumb-screws, affording convenient means for tightening the backf2 to rmly support the topf of the chute in position.

K is a clip formed of flexible sheet metal and of suitable size and shape to fit in the chute II. As shown, the clip is rectangular and longer in one direction than in the other and is initially bent midway or thereabout between the ends of its greater length.

For convenience in introducing the clips intothe chute (to permit which its cover is preparatorily removed) they are nested in a suitably-long bunch in a holder L, Fig. 9, of peculiar construction,involvinga base d,ends d', corresponding in width with that of the clips or narrower, and sides d2, (only one of which is shown,) much narrower perpendicularly than the length or height of the clips and between which they fit sn ugly. The bunch of clips is fastened in the holder by a wire b, string, or the like, passed lengthwise about the holder and its contents, and .thus through keepin g-notches in the edges of the holder ends d. To supply the chute II, the follower therein is withdrawn by the rod h, and the holder L is applied in inverted position to the open upper side of the chute,where by the clips enterthe latter while the edges of the sides d2 reston the upper edges of the chute sides. On severing and withdrawing the tyingmedium ZJ the holder L may be withdrawn, leaving the c lips in the chute, when the spring-controlled follower is released to bear against the clips and always maintain a clip at the innermost end of the supply against the shoulders q in the vertical path of the rack F when the latter is in its normally-raised position, wherein its lower end is above the plane of the feed-chute.

To operate the device, the proceeding is as follows: By depressing the handle E the consequent rotation of the pinion F lowers the rack F', the lower end of which engages, at the notches therein, the upper edge of the innermost clip in its path and drives it down, the clip meantime bearing at its lower edge against the follower-jaw D in the groove n, whereby the follower-jaw is depressed till it is stopped by the anvil C. Thereafter the movement of the handle should be continued `sufficiently to bend the clip partly (the downfold or edges into the clip, which is thereupon completely bent or clamped thereon by driving the rack to its lowest position through the medium of the pinion, turned further by completing the downward throw of the operatinghandle. Owing to the depressions m and t,

respectively, in the follower-jaw D and rack,

which coincide with the outer surfaces of the bent clip between its edges, the greater pressure is exerted against the clipabout its edges, thereby to clamp it there the more firmly against the paper. While the rack crosses the mouth of the chute, it obviously affords a closure to the discharge end thereof; but when it is raised, by raising the handle preparatory to applying another clip the latter at the innermost end of the supply is forced, under the pressure of the spring-follower 1T, against 4the guide-shoulders q into the path of the rack in its downward course. The operation thus described of depressingand raising the operating-handle is repeated for each clip to be applied.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the gist of my improved construction of the implement consists in the pinion actuated by the operating-handle to work the rack, forming a toothed jaw of the implement, to feed the clips one at a time from a supply against the follower-jaw D and depress the latter, through the medium of the fed clip, against theanvihor until it finds a rigid stop,in bringing the clip into position for applying to it the sheets to be bound bybendin g the clip to clamp them; and while various details of construction are involved in and with this broadly-described mechanism I do not limit my invention to the particular details shown and described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a binding implement for binding folded or unfolded sheets together at their fold or edge portions, the combination of a case having an upright recess in one side, a pinion journaled in the case and carrying the operating-handle, a toothed jaw reciprocably confined in said recess and engaged by said pinion, a spring-controlled follower-jaw at the base of said recess and a feed-chute for clips supported to discharge into said recess between said follower-jaw and toothed jaw, substantially as described.

2. In a binding implement for binding folded or unfolded sheets together at their fold or their edge portions, the combination of a case having an upright recess in one side, a pinion j ournaled in the case and carrying the operating-handle, a rack reciprocably confined in said recess and engaged by said pinion, a spring-controlled follower-jaw at the base of said recess an anvil below said followerjaw, and a feed-chute for clips supported to discharge into said recess between said follower-jaw and rack, substantially as described.

3. In a binding implement for bindin g fold- IOO IIO

ed or unfolded sheets together at their fold or their edge portions, the combination of a case having in one side an upright recess pro* vided with shoulders along its forward edges, a pinion journaled in the case and carrying the operating-handle, a rack reciprocably coniined in said recess and engaged by said pinion, a spring-controlled follower-jaw at the base of said recess, and a feed-chute for clips supported to discharge into the recess against said shoulders between said follower-j aw and rack, substantially as described.

4. In a binding implement for binding folded or unfolded sheets together at their fold or their edge portions, the combination of a case having in one side an upright recess, provided with shoulders along its forward edges, a pinion journaled in the case and carrying the operatin g-handle, a rack reciprocably confined in said recess and engaged by said pinion and notched on its lower end, a springcontrolled follower-j aw at the base of said recess provided with a groove in its upper side, depressions in the opposing surfaces of the rack and follower-jaw, and a feed-chute for clips supported to discharge into the recess against said shoulders between said followerjaw and rack, substantially as described.

5. A binding implement for binding folded or unfolded sheets together at their fold or their edge portions, comprising, in combination, a case A on a base B and having in one side an upright recess r provided with shoulders q, a pinion F journaled in the case and carrying the operatinghandle, a rack F' reciprocably confined in said recess and engaged by said pinion, a spring-controlled followerjaw D on a pivotally-supported arm, an anvil C below said follower-jaw and a feed-chute for clips supported to discharge into the recess against said shoulders between -said follower-jaw and rack, substantially as described.

6. A binding implement for binding folded or unfolded sheets together at their fold or their edge portions, comprising, in combination, a case having an upright recess in one side covered by a plate Z, and provided with shoulders q, a pinion journaled in the case and carrying the operating-handle, a rack reciprocably confined in said recess and engaged by said pinion, a spring-controlled follower-jaw at the base of said recess and a feed-chute H supported to discharge against the shoulders in said recess between said follower-jaw and rack and containing aspringcontrolled follower z' and provided with a cover f having a web f and back f2 at which it is adj ustably fastened to the case over said plate Z, substantially asl described.

CLARENCE E. ALLSHOUSE.

In presence of J. H. LEE, R. T. SPENCER. 

